| 摘要 |
An apparatus for sorting agricultural products, including:
a conveyor line (1) to convey products (P) along an advancement direction (A);an entry section (3), where the products are arranged on the conveyor line;an unloading section (4);a control section (6), interposed between the entry section and the unloading section to attribute a signal indicative of predefined physical characteristics to each product.;The conveyor line includes:
a first conveyor device (9) to convey the agricultural products forward;a second conveyor device (20), to convey the products forward and to cause the products to roll over, extending from the entry section to at least as far as an intermediate tract of the control section and that is movable between a first operating configuration, wherein it supports the products, and a second operating configuration, wherein it releases the products onto the first conveyor device. |
| 主权项 |
1. An apparatus for sorting agricultural products, comprising:
a conveyor line (1) predisposed to convey products (P) along an advancement direction (A); an entry section (3), where the products (P) are arranged on the conveyor line (1); an unloading section (4), arranged downstream of the entry section (3), and where the agricultural products (P) are unloaded from the conveyor line (1); a control section (6), interposed between the entry section (3) and the unloading section (4), and predisposed to attribute a signal indicative of predefined physical characteristics to each product (P); characterized in that said conveyor line comprises: a first conveyor device (9) predisposed to convey the agricultural products (P) forward, and extending from the entry section (3), through the control section (6), and as far as the unloading section (4); a second conveyor device (20), predisposed to convey the products forward and to cause the products (P) to roll over, extending from the entry section (3) to at least as far as an intermediate tract of the control section (6) and that is movable between a first operating configuration, wherein it supports the products (P), and a second operating configuration, wherein it releases the products (P) onto the first conveyor device (9); wherein the first conveyor device (9) comprises a plurality of trays (10), each of which being predisposed to hold a product (P); the second conveyor device (20) comprises a plurality of supporting elements (15), which are movable between a raised position, corresponding to the first operating configuration of the second conveyor device, wherein the products (P) are supported by the supporting elements (15), and a lowered position, corresponding to the second operating configuration, wherein the supporting elements (15) are arranged below the trays (10), and the products (P) are supported only by the trays (10); wherein each tray (10) comprises a supporting foot (13), predisposed to be connected to a motor means (11), and an articulated joint (14) that connects the supporting foot (13) to the tray (10) and is structured so as to enable the tray (10) to move along a vertical direction and to rotate about an axis of rotation parallel to the advancement direction (A) between a conveying position, where a product (P) is kept in a substantially stable position, and an unloading position, where the tray (10) is laterally inclined so as to enable unloading of the product (P); wherein the articulated joint (14) comprises: a pin (14A) associated with the supporting foot (13) rotatably about an axis of rotation that is horizontal and perpendicular to the advancement direction (A); a boss (14B), associated with the tray (10) rotatably about an axis of rotation that is horizontal and perpendicular to the advancement direction (A), wherein the pin (14A) is inserted with the possibility of rotating about a longitudinal axis of its own; stop means (14C), predisposed for maintaining the tray (10) in the conveying position. |
